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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-28
The Carbond.Ie ExtensIon

LAWRENCE, Kas., April 26.-The
Lawrence, EmpOria & Southwestern
Railroad company was organized i'm
this city yesterday for the purpose of
building the extension of the Carbon
dale road into southwestern KANSAS via
Emporia- The directors elected for
the first year are &. w. Z, Griffith, l..
Bullene, Geo. j. Barton, j. ID. Bonner
sock, .. +. Leonard of Lawrence, p.
b. Plumb, VIM. Martindale, ii. c. Cross
and @, Hood of Emporia.
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A FATAL FIND.
A Picnic Party Find a Bomb Shell
Near Harper's Ferry,
Which Expiodss by Pounding With
Disastrous Results.
The Groom and Seven Guests Killed at
Mexican Wedding.
A Bold Plan to Rob a Texas Bank
Spolled in the Bud.
A Serious Fire With Loss of Life at
A legheny City.


mic party Sunday afternoon on Bolivar
Heights above town. came across an
old bomb shell, a relic of the war. 1t
was taken to Major Cockrell's house
and several young men began pounding
it with stones, while the rest of the
party gathered around. Suddenly
there was terrific explosion and six
persons about the shell were seriously
hurt, three fatally, each having limb
blown off
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stone MOuIdcr's strike.

LANCASTER, April 26-Tho boycott
ted st. Louis stove patterns were re-
ceived at the Kelley stove works at
Columbia this morning and the moul-
All the moulders, fifty in number, inn
mediately dropped their tools and left
the foundry.
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The .Qr Extennion.

CHICAGO, April pa special from
Omaha, Nebraska, says: Articles of in
corporation of the Republican Valley &
Wyoming Valley railroad was filed yes
terday with the secretary of state. This
it is said is to be branch of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy to traverse
western Nebraska, eastern Colorado
and southern Wyoming. having Gull
bertson, Nebraska, and Cheyenne, Wy
oming, as terminal points. The sigma
ture OF General Manager Holdredge
and other officials of the Burlington &
OaORrS
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CHICAGO, April 25.-Geo.A. Wrislley
proprietor of soap factory at No. 40
Fullerton Avenue, made an assign
ment to-day. The liabilities are S3I, :
600, and assets consisting of stock and
accounts are given at $4,000. The
failing has no connection with the cor
poration of Geo. a. Risley s. Co., also
of this city.
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A Game Contest.

NEW YORK, April 26.-Jack Hopper
of this city and Mike Cushing of New
Jersey, light weights, fought twenty
five rounds up the Hudson river at day
break this morning in one hour and
thirty minutes. Although Gushing
broke an arm in the eighteenth round
he continued gamely. Hopper finally
won.
Up to the end of the eighteenth
round everything seemed to be in
Cushing's favor, and his hackers were
in high spirits, but when he went to
his corner it was discovered that he
had broken two small bones in his
wrist by striking Hopper on the head.
After that round Hopper got in much
the most effective work and soon had
Cushing's face a mass of raw and
bleeding flesh. Round twenty-five, and
last, was one of the fiercest ever seen
by the sporting people present. Young
Cushing started in and made futile
attempt and cut pace in the round.
He swung his wounded right arm. with
such force that he again broke it above
the wrist, smashing all the bones in his
wrist and showing them through the
skin. The injury was so apparent to
Hopper and his seconds that they urged
him to go in and finish hisLman, which
he did, sending in his left with terrible
force on the point of Cushing's jaw,
knocking him down. He was unable
to rise in the prescribed ten seconds
and Hopper was declared winner.
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Dead.

NEW YORK, April 25.-The flag of
the Produce Exchange is flying at half
mast to-day for the death of Pres
ident William D. Morgan, of the Ex-
change, who expired yesterday at his
residence in this city of pneumonia.
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EfWFke

PEEKsKILL, n. Y, April 26.-The
strike among the stove makers took
place to-day, and 800 men quit. The
cause of the trouble was the reception
here of large number of patterns of
the bOYcOtted firm in St. Louis.
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Bank Robbery spoiled.

GALVESTON, Texas, April ga spe-
cial from Laredo says: MarailanO Gar
liver was shot and killed here early yes
terday morning by Theodore Sandus
and investigation developed conspir-
acy to commit robbery of the Milmo
National bank. The bank officials re-
ceived information that an organized
band of men, composed of Americans
and MeXicans, had concocted plan to
rob the bank on the afternoon of April
10, at 3 o'clock. Two of the gang were
to enter the bank and one of them was
to present a check to the teller and
while that official looked at it was to
level a pistol at his head with the COM
mand, Hands up; be silent" His
confederate was then to enter the bank
vault. In the meantime five others OF
the gang were to ride up, leading two
saddled horses for the use of their
friends in the bank, which the latter
were to mount after having secured the
booty, and ride away, protected by the
other five men. Every day since the
bank was notified, it has been secretly
guarded by "a determined posse of
deputy Sheriffs. Yesterday Jesus
Perez, Franciscan Ramons and Manuel
Alquita were arrested On the charge of
being implicated in plot to rob the
bank. Subsequently Henry Barnard,
leader, was arrested on train between
here and San Antonio, and brought to
this city and lodged in Jail. 1t now ap-
pears from the statement of Theodore
Sandus, slayer of Geriver, that they
were members of the gang and that all
members of the gang had taken a
solemn oath not to divulge the purpose
of the organization under the penalty
of death. GeriYer having accused San
dus of betraying the gang, the latter
shot him. Sandus claims that the
deceased attacked him with a bowie
knife and that the shooting was done
in self defense. Barnard, who is highly
connected, attacked two others of the
gang, who were confined in the jail
with him last night, with knife he
had concealed on his person, and cut
and dangerously wounded them.
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NEW YORK, April 26.-District as
sembly No. l26 Knights of Labor has
in three local assemblies about IS pei
cent Of the workers in Higgins carpet
factory. District assembly No. 40 con
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a FrlghtfuI Fire.


PITTsBURG, Penn, April pa fire
broke out this morning in Willis Bros
grocery, corner of Lacock and Cory
streets, in Allegheny City, entailing a
loss of life, besides injury to several
people and the destruction of consider
ably property. The building, which is
four story one, was used as a grocery
by Charles, John and George Willis.
They and their mother and some
roomers occupied the upper stories.
Shortly after l O'Clock Mrs. Willis was
awakened and arising, she saw sparks
coming up the elevator in the rear of
| the building. She alarmed the inmates
| and at the same time people on the
outside discovered the fire and gave
an alarm. A number of people were
known to be in the burning building
and the firemen Immediately ran lad
ders to the various stories, while the
policemen turned their attention to
| breaking in the doors and fighting their
way to the rooms of the unfortunates.
| Upstairs, bewildered by the smoke and
| flames, were eleven people. The smoke
was thick and hung in dense clouds
| through the passages and Railways.
| To open a window from one of the lad
| ders thrown up against the building
was to meet cloud of SuffOcating va
| Dor. but into it all, both firemen and
| policemen plunged. The heads of the
| frightened women were enveloped II
clothes and they were carried out all
uninjured, except Sophia Boles. She
could not be found. One of the most
appalling incidents of the fire was tbs
jumping of two people from the build.
ing while the fireman were Fitting theil
way up stairs. William Eberman ap
peared at window on the third floor
He was too far gone to shout, but hs
was seen and the crowd yelled to hin
to hold on. a ladder went up and Z
man hastily started to help Eber
man, but when the rescurer haC
reached the second floor, Eberman wal
seen to lurch forward and then come
down with a rush. Whether he fell OF
jumped could not be told. He fell OF
his head and shoulders and was picked
up unconscious. Hoggitsrun, power
full man, was the other victim. Hi
room was on the fourth floor and thu
bravery of man in the crowd proba
poised himself on sill, looking at tn,
flames behind and the pavement below
and then made spring from thu
sill. Just as his body sho
downward, man from the crowd raj
| | forward and with arms outStretcheC
caught the falling body. The fore
sent him to the ground with the Greel
but the latter's head hit the pavemen
and it is thought his skull is fractured
8 The man who had run this risk for
q stranger disappeared and the Gree
Stubbornly and it was half past thre
: O'Clock before it was under contro
= A search of the house was then mad
and the bodies of Sophie Boles an
Fred Schultz were found on the fourt
floor.
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limbo settlement.

NEW YORK, April 25.-Childs & Hull,
attorneys for Barnum, Bailey & Hutch
inson, said to-day that settlement for
about $40, 900 for the loss of the ele-
plant Jumbo" had been reached with
the Grand Trunk railroad.
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ANNUAL CONVENTION.

The Lyon County Sunday School as
ISOLATION meets in the Congregational
church in this city for a three days
session commencencing April %, 1887.
The following is the programmes:
Friday evening, April -. oclock-Opening
mass meeting. Song service and short talks.
In charge of E. w. Cunningham.
Saturday morning. 10 To 10:15-DeVOfional
exercises. 1918 to lI-HOw to make "a good
Sunday school, J. n. wilkinson General dis
cussion. ii to IL :B9-How 10 teach the adult
bible class, Mrs. A. p Morse, Judge Cunning
ham. Appointment of committees.
Saturday afternoon. to 2:lb-Song and
praise service, II. +. Fox. 3:l5 to 3:lO-Teach-
ers' meeting. tal Their necessity, T. w Cum
ningham. %, The best method of conduct
lug them. }. II. Burton. (cl How to secure
attendance. Rev. Samuel Sargent Music.
3:20-General discussion of plans for the conn.,
ing year. General business of the association.
Saturday evening, So'clock-May of Egypt,
j. T. Burton. Lecture. Egypt and the Pha-
raohs,' Rev r. T.. Ingalls,.
Sunday afternoon, S:;D-Children's mass
ffn.r
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April PA special
from Longview, Texas, says: Near the
south line of Harrison county Caleb
Foster, a negro, became suddenly erazed
and snatched his three-year-ofd child
by the legs and dashed its brains out
against a tree and then ran TO the
woods. The next morning he was
found with the child in his arms, gnaW-
with his teeth. He was captured and
in three days recovered his normal con-
dition. Seeing that his little son was
not at his bedside he made inquiry for
him, but was not told of his terrible
deed. He had been suffering from a
headache and was told to saturate his
head with coal oil and this is supposed
to have driven him wild.
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Omcsal Pug1lists.

ST. LOUIS, April ga special from
Jefferson City to the Post-Dispateh
says: Ex-Supreme Judge John w.
Henry and State Auditor Walker had
an alteration on the street between 0
and 10 O'Clock this morning, in which
Judge Henry was shot twice in the
arm and breast and Walker severely cut
in the head by Judge Henry'S cane.
The affair grew out of the late investiga-
ton of Auditor Walker by a legislative
committee. Walker accused Judge
Henry of talking about him with .
view to injuring him, and took sex6f1s
exception to the Judges testimony be-
fore the committee. Judge Henry re-
piled that he had told nothing but the
truth -Whereupon Walker, in very pro-
fame and emphatic: language, called
him liar. Judge Henry then struck
Walker over the head with his cane
and Walker whipped out a pistol and
fired at him. The ball entered the
palm of Judge Henry's left hand,
passed up the arm just under the skin
to near the elbow, where it came out,
crossed his breast and lodged in his
breaSt-bone. The wound. is severe and
may be dangerous one. Walker got
a heavy blow on the left temple, cut
ting long cash, and is now suffering
from nervous prOStratiOn, palpitation
of heart and numbness of the left
side, but the doctors say he will be
all right in a few days. Both are old
men and Judge Henry is quite feeble.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

Kansas and Indian territory and a
feeder bringing an entirely new COM
MERGE to its already great system.
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DENIED.

BUFFALO, April 25.-The News pub
fishes the following reply to a telegram
query as to the truth of the statement
that Col. Dorsheimer had seen a letter
written by President Cleveland posi-
lively refusing to be candidate for
the second term: To News, Buffalo,
there is no truth in the statement. l
never saw the letter mentioned.
(Signed,l William Dorsheimer, New
York
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Senator Plumb, Hon. I. ID. Thacher
and Hon. Geo. Il. Peck have presented
the university at Lawrence with $500
for the purpose of purchasing books
for Prof. MaTsh's department
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THE Republican asks why women
who sign petition asking for a drug
gist's permit to sell liquor, for lawful
purposes only, should object to having
their names published. We answer
him in the language of the Wichita Ea-
gle With reference to some of its wo-
men friends who it claims are opposed
to woman suffrage. The answer by
Mr.. Murdoch seems extremely applica-
bic in this case, as the two blonde edit
ors are as united in their opposition to
the Murray law as they are in their OPP
position to the municipal suffrage bill:
We want to say further, the Eagle
has received the concentrations of
many bright, true women from al
most every section of this state, for its
course. The names of these women.
who abbor anything like publicity of
course have not been published.
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\ dusty and sun-dried tourist arrived
in the city yesterday on the train. His
first inquiry was what the chances
were for getting some liquid refresh
ments of spirituous nature. He was
informed that he could get it but that
he would have to sign for it. ''Ah. y he
replied, wiping his fevered brow,
have been sighin for it ever since l left
| old Kentuckr
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NATIONAL NEWS.
EMPHATICALLY DENIED.

That Reported InterVIeNV-The Inter-
State COmmIssIOn-NO Trouble Ina Da-
kOGa.
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Resolution Concurred In

SPRINGFIELD, H., April 25.-The
Senate resolution extending an invita-
ton to the American Forestry Congress
to hold it's session in 1888 at Springfield,
and rendering the use of the Assembly
Chamber for the Congress was con-
CURED in by the House to-day.
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The Santa Fe depot is receiving
some very much needed repairs to the
ceiling and walls. We understand the
building will be cleaned and reprinted
throughout. EmpOria boasts of hav-
ing the finest depot in the state, and
surely when the present improvements
are completed, her claim will hold
good.
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For sale.
One hundred bushels very choice
clean German millett seed. Price. 81
per bushel cash.
ALMERIS GILLETT.
Office of GilIett, Fowler s. Saddler,
Emporia, Kansas.
Bargains in millinery goods slightly
damaged by water selling at great bar
gains. Call early and get first choice.
Mrs. d. KIDDER,
North side, West Sixth avenue.
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CHANGE OF YENUE.

CHICAGO, April 26.-Judge Tuley
this forenoon oyerruled the motion for
the change Of Venue from Cook Coun-
ty in the boodler7s cases and the trials
win therefore take place in Chicago.
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COLUMBUS, O., April 26.-The Gov
ernor this afternoon ordered the Tole-
do Company of National Guards to the
scene of riot at the Paulding County
Reservoir. The information in brief
as outlined to the Governor is that 200
masked men oyerpoWered the guards
at the reservoir last night and blew up
! the banks. saturated the lock and tim
Der with oil and burned them. The
guards were on duty at the instance of
| the Governor.
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LONDON, April 23.-Mr. O'Brien has
postponed his Canadian trip for a week,
pending the negotiations for a settle
ment between Lord Landsdowne' s
agent and the tenants on his farms.
IRISHAIEN PROTEST.
A great meeting was held on Black
heath Common to-day to protest
against the Coercion bill. Fully ZOO
persons were present. Several mem
beTs of Parliament were present.
Resolutions denouncing coercion were
adopted by an almost unaniomous
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-01
LITERARY NOTES.

A volume on "Realistic Philosophy" is DR.
McCosh's latest.
IAN Old Maids Husband is the title ofsa
story 10y Wilkie Collins.
Lord Tennyson will pass the remainder of
the winter and the spring in the south Of
France.
The two succeeding volumes in the "Emi-
nent Woman series will treat of Mrs. Scott
SiddOns and Nine. de Stael.
Walt Whitman has announced TO some Of
his personal friends his intention Of delivering
a lecture on Lincoln in some of the principal
cities His first lecture will be given in New
York on April To-
Mr. II. c. Dana, of Cambridge, Mass,
writes that his father, Richard ii. Dana, was
offered by the publishers only $3.50 for his
famous sea story Of 1.-TWO Years Before the
Mast and not $1,000 as has been related
Nj Dana did not even receive the $3.50 in
full. for interest was deducted from it when
payment was made.
Mr.. Cox has bestowed the title of "The
Diversions Of Diplomat" on his new book,
which has been retarded on account Of his
recent illness. 1t will deal with life in Tur-
KEY. and a chapter or two will be devoted to
life among the Turks and Greeks on the
island of Prnkipo, where the author 50
iouIned for a summer.
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GREAT MEN OF WELSH DESCENT.

Richard Henry was from Welsh family.
ROGER Williams was born in Wales in
1899
Daniel Webster was descended from the
Welsh on his mothers side.
William Penn, the founder of Pennsylva-
MIA was of Welsh extraction.
Chief Justice John Marshall, the first TO
exnound the constitution, was the grandson
of q native of Wales.
Thomas Jefferson's ancestors came from
the foot of Mt. Snowden, Wales. tie often
boosted of his Welsh blood.
Thomas Rogers, Stephen Hopkins, John
Alden and John Rowland, who came over IN
tho Mayfower, were all Of Welsh origin
Gen. Washington's family associations were
principally with the descendants OF the
Welsh. His wife Martha was the grand
daughter of Welshman.
Eighteen signers Of the Declaration OF In
denendence we're of Welsh descent: John
Adams, Samuel Adams, Stephen Hopkins,
William Williams, William Floyd, Francis
Lewis. Lewis Morris, Francis Hopkinson,
Robert Morris, George Clymer, John Nor
ton. John Penn, Arthur Middleton, Button
Gwinnett. Thomas jefferson, Benjamin Har-
risou. Richard Henry Lee and Francis Henry
Iiahtfoot Lee
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GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

Christine WILSON'S marriage with the OounV
Miranda will take place Feb. 10.
Mrs. Lamar il said to be slender little
LODI, with bright. pretty features and gray
hair"
The e1 Empress Eugene is now staying al
Nsnles She is known as the ComteSSs ue
Pierreford
Miss Ada Kurtz has been reappointed
denuty sheriff of Franklin county, IA one
has served one term with credit
Frances Hodgson Burnett, although dispro-
portionately short and broad shouldered' Is
nevertheless a fine looking woman.
The wife of Senator Sabin, of Minnesota
has no children Of her own. To supply the
deficiency. she has adopted family Of nlne'
Mrs James A. Garfield and her daughter
Nollie have taken a suite of rooms IN We"
York hotel and will pass the winter III Tue
metropolis
Young ladies in Peoria, His, don'tpropose 10
ret left on the toboggan question: Ihey
have formed a tobosgan club, and side down
hill on barrel slaves
No hats or bonnets are worn by ladies' III
rasnoctable London theatres This IS the sou
Of Anrlonania that ought to be popular on
this side of the water
Mrs. Langtry says she was quite dlsap-
,oirted with Mrs. James Brown Potter She
ibongbt Mrs. Potter's manners charming, but
She was not so beautiful as the actress anticl-
mated The two women met at dinner al
which the Prince Of Wales was present
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, in a practical talk
TO young women at Boston, gave new turn u
TO the definition of the word becoming
Instead of garment, becoming tho person, she
said 1--WE become like our clothes; If we put
on a hat that is a little exaggerated IN style,
ws give our heads toss to correspond WIN
il. the Oual,ers have calm, placid faces bar
monizing with their clothing
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

ST. Ignace, Mich, has doctor who is also
an undertaken
The body of Joseph Johnson, of Peru. Ills,
was recently found embedded in a large cake
Of ice which was floating down the Ottawa
river.
man in Pennsylvania has invented n to-
boggan slide which can be- lowered and ele-
yated at either end like see-saw, thus en-
abling the tobogganer to ride both ways.
Jerome Miller, of Jackson, Mich, has n 8
year-old son whose constant companion is a
lighted corn cob pipe filled with strong to-
bacco. He puffs it with great relish, having
found the tobacco habit through sucking old
clay pipes given him TO play with.
The fastest steamer in the world is owned
by Spain. The name Of this smart vessel is
The FL Destrictor. She is a torpedo cruiser
and can steam with her full armament on
board at the rate Of twenty-three knots, or
twenty-seven miles an hour.
A man belonging TO a band of ice cutters at
work near Mount Carmel, Ills, cut out block
Of ice on three sides and then laid saw on it,
remarking: "Some fool will go to pick up
that saw and in he'll 60" Forgetting his
trick few moments later he himself stepped
on the ice cake and went down in seven feet
Of water
Without doubt, the tallest man in the world
IS now in London. He is an Austrian named
Vikelmeier, stands eight feet and nine inches
high and is 81 years old. The young man IS
healthy, strong and intelligent, The youngest
of a family of five children, none of whom
are abnormally developed. The doctors say
be is likely TO keep on growing until lie is %.